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Winter 2025 Elections Proclamation

Written by Communications on November 13, 2024. Posted in News.

Dear students, Congratulations to everyone for nearly reaching the end of the Fall term! Please consider this proclamation as an official notice in advance of the Winter 2025 Elections & Referenda, which will be taking place in January! In Winter 2025, the Elections and Referenda season...

OUSA Fall General Assembly – October 2024

Written by Communications on November 6, 2024. Posted in News.

KINGSTON – On October 25th – 27th, the Alma Mater Society attended the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance’s Fall General Assembly hosted at Brock University in St. Catherines. At this meeting, the 9 member schools passed 3 policy papers on the following topics: Blue Ribbon Panel, environmental...

24/25 AMS Senior Management Team Hired

Written by Communications on April 8, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

KINGSTON, ON | April 8th, 2024 |11:40 AM After several months of reviewing applications, conducting interviews, and careful deliberations, Owen Rocchi, Ayan Chowdhury, and Ruth Osunde have completed their hiring for the 2024-2025 AMS Senior Management. Team OAR is excited to announce the following...

Update from Provost Matthew Evans

Written by Communications on March 22, 2024. Posted in News.

March 22, 2024 | 3:22 PM | Kingston, ON Below is an update from Provost Matthew Evans’s March newsletter sent to student leaders (AMS Executive and Faculty Societies). This includes updates from the Provost’s Office, Budget Cuts, and additional information. Operating Budget Deficit Updates We...

March Executive Updates

Written by Communications on March 19, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

Elections It was an unusual election season, to say the least! No team satisfied the requirements to be placed on the ballot this year, unfortunately. With this in mind, a past precedent utilized in 2018 was enacted. Assembly received their notice immediately with our next actions. A special assembly...

Know Your Rights Campaign

Written by Communications on March 13, 2024. Posted in Community Issues, News, Student Life.

As the University District Safety Initiative (UDSI) gears up for enforcement from Monday, March 11th at 12 am until Monday, March 18th at 11:59 pm, the Social Issues Commission (SIC) Know Your Rights Campaign is ensuring students are well-informed about their legal rights and responsibilities. According...

AMS Executive Appointment Results

Written by Communications on March 1, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

March 1st, 2024 | 1:25 AM Kingston, ON – On February 29th, 2024, at 11:26 PM, AMS Assembly Appointed the 2024-2025 AMS Executive team. The AMS Elections Team would like to congratulate Owen Rocchi (President), Ayan Chowdhury (Vice President of Operations), and Ruth Osunde (Vice President of...

AMS Elections Following February 13th Special Session Assembly

Written by Communications on February 23, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

Friday, February 23rd, 2024 | Kingston, ON On February 13th, 2024, the AMS held a Special Session Assembly to appoint the next AMS Executive Team. The sole team on the ballot was Team LOT, who did not receive a vote of confidence from Assembly Members. With 21 Members of Assembly voting against the...

Judicial Committee Constitutional Interpretation

Written by Communications on February 13, 2024. Posted in News.

To Whom it may concern: The Judicial Committee reached a decision on February 12th, 2024, regarding a constitutional interpretation brought forward by the Judicial Affairs Manager. The Judicial committee provided an interpretation of part B.5(c) of the AMS election policy, as well as section 3.(IV)...

A Letter From The Judicial Affairs Office

Written by Communications on February 10, 2024. Posted in News.

To whom it may concern, We are writing to inform you that the Judicial Affairs Office has received the complaints made by Leo Yang on February 8th, 2024. Under sec 9.2.4 of the AMS Constitution, the Judicial Affairs Office is empowered to investigate allegations of policy infringement on behalf of...

2024 Rector Election Results

Written by Communications on February 8, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News, Student Life.

Thursday, February 8th, 2024 | 8:14 AM KINGSTON, ON – Below are the results of the 2024 University Rector Election held amongst AMS and SGPS members. 2024 Rector Election: Niki Boytchuk-Hale: 2073 (42.8%) Leo Yang: 1759 (36.3%) None of the Above: 127 (2.6%) Abstain: 883 (18.2%) The 39th Rector...

AMS 2024 Winter Referendum Results

Written by Communications on February 8, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News, Student Life.

Thursday, February 8th, 2024 | 12:26 AM KINGSTON, ON – Below are the results of the 2024 AMS Winter Referendum. Voter turnout was 19.7%. AMS Sliding Scale for Reference: Voter turnout between 15-19.9% of AMS members requires 55% or higher to pass Voter turnout between 10-14.9% of AMS members requires...

AMS Elections Update

Written by Communications on February 1, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

Thursday, February 1st, 2024 As of Wednesday, January 31st, 2024, no candidate team for AMS Executive has satisfied the requirements to be placed on the ballot for the February 6th and 7th 2024 AMS Executive Election. Moving forward, the 2024-25 AMS Executive team will be appointed by the Assembly...

In Response to Matthew Evans

Written by Communications on January 22, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

We are incredibly disheartened that, after almost a month of planning, Matthew Evans, Provost, and Donna Janiec (VP of Finance and Administration) have decided to let the student population know that they will no longer be attending the January AMS Assembly at 4:40pm the day before. The student community...

2024 Rector Election Update

Written by Communications on January 15, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News.

On December 12th, 2023, Owen Crawford-Lem, the 38th Rector of Queen’s University, announced that he will resign from his position on April 30th, 2024, serving a 2-year term. The Rector, elected by all students and as the third highest officer of the University, advocates and shares the perspective...

Response to Recent Queen’s University Budget Allegations

Written by Communications on December 8, 2023. Posted in News.

Early this December, the AMS was made aware of leaked memos and documents pertaining to the Faculty of Arts and Science and proposed cuts to Queen’s University by the Queen’s Coalition Against Austerity (QCAA). This information was very much a surprise to us. We learned about these announcements in...

Fall Semester Final Instalment of the Sustainability Hub

Written by Communications on November 28, 2023. Posted in Blog Post, News, Student Life.

On Thursday, November 30th, from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm, the AMS Commission of Environmental Sustainability is hosting the final instalment of the Fall Sustainability Hub series in Victoria Hall’s Main floor lobby. This Instalment will focus on ways to live sustainably as a student. To learn more about...

2023 AMS Fall Referendum Results

Written by Communications on November 4, 2023. Posted in News.

November 4, 2023 KINGSTON, ON – Below are the results of the 2023 Fall Referendum held amongst AMS members. AMS voter turnout was 10.1%. Referenda Policy Section 12 (a) states voter turnout of 10.1% requires 60% or higher according to the sliding scale. Do you agree to an increase in the COR fee...